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  1. 1

    Describes a person, plan, or method that gets what it wants by tricks, secrets, or indirect paths instead of being honest and straightforward. A devious person is usually clever and sneaky rather than openly aggressive. There is also an older, more literal use for a path or road that winds around instead of going straight, but the dishonest-person meaning is far more common today.

    狡猾的、不正當手段的

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組成de- ("away from") + Latin via ("road, way") + -ous — literally "off the road," not going the straight, honest way.

同家族的字

  • viathe English word meaning "by way of," from the same Latin word via, "road"
  • obviousfrom Latin ob- + via, "standing in the road" — something right in your path is easy to see
  • previousfrom Latin prae- + via, "before on the road," i.e. coming earlier

原始詞典資料2 筆記錄

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deviousadj/ˈdiː.vi.əs/

  • 1

    Cunning or deceiving, not straightforward or honest, not frank.

  • 2

    archaicRoundabout, circuitous, deviating from the direct or ordinary route.

    • The wandering Arab never sets his tent Within her walls; the Shepherd eyes afar Her evil towers, and devious drives his flock.
    • Keeping close in to the shore, they discovered, after two hours run, a fresh stream which burst in a cascade from the mountains, and swept its devious course through the jungle, until it poured its tribute into the waters of the Strait.

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。